Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「低眉折腰」, with details below.
Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「低眉折腰」, with its explanation and usage provided below.
Describes the appearance of being servile and fawning in front of others.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dī méi shé yāo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dai1 mei4 jit3 yiu1
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
